I-India kudala ifuna ukuhlela ukukhiqizwa kwesisindo sethangi lesimanje lokuthuthuka kwalo, okungathathelwa indawo (noma okungenani okungeziwe) ukudla kwaseRussia. Njengoba kubika iphephandaba iHindustan Times Times, izwe lifana nelingakaze lisondele emgomweni: amabutho akhe athola i-Arjun MK yokuqala.
"Ithangi elenziwe eTamilnade lizosetshenziswa emingceleni yethu esenyakatho ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwesizwe. Lokhu kukhombisa umoya onobunye we-India - Bharat Ekta Darshan, - kusho uNarendra Prime Ndunankulu Modi. - Sizoqhubeka nokusebenza eqinisweni lokuthi amabutho ethu ahlomile abe phakathi kwesimanje kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ngasikhathi sinye, ukugxila ekuguqukeni kweNdiya ku-Atminirbhar (izwe elanele) emkhakheni wezokuvikela kukhula ngokufutheka okugcwele. "
Umshini wokulwa usuphenduke ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Arjun MK 1, eyaqala ukukhiqiza ngo-2006 futhi yakhiwe ngenani lamayunithi ayi-124. Kuqala, wayefuna ukukhipha uchungechunge emayunithi angaphezu kuka-2 000, kodwa-ke kwanikezwa ukukhetha kwe-T-90 evivinyiwe. Isizathu sasiwukungathembeki kwe-chassis yemoto yaseNdiya, kanye nobunye ubunzima.
Ngenxa yalokhu, sanquma ukudala uhlobo oluthuthukisiwe. I-Arjun MK 1A yathola ukuthuthuka okungu-71 okuqhathaniswa nezinguqulo zangaphambilini: 14 kubo babizwa ngokuthi "Okubalulekile". Emotweni entsha, igobolondo eliku-amateur libekwe ezitsheni ngazinye ezivikelwe, futhi isibhamu se-millimeter Rush saphothulwa ukuba sisebenzise izinhlobo ezintsha zezinhlamvu. I-Arjun MK 1A yathola ukuvikela okunamandla kokukhiqizwa kwamaNdiya kanye nezempi zezembatho ezihlanganisiwe. Phakathi kokunye ukuthuthuka - umbono wephaneli we-CPS MK II Commander kanye nokubona okuthuthukile kwesibhamu ngokwaziswa komshini wokulungisa okuhlosiwe.
Ngasikhathi sinye, isisindo se-Arjun senyuke kakhulu futhi manje sengamathani angama-68, okwenza i-MK 1A elinye lamathangi asindayo kakhulu emhlabeni. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi, ngokuya ngemininingwane eyethulwe ngaphambilini, yena kanye "ebiza kakhulu". Ngokusekelwe ekubaleni kwentengo yenkontileka yemishini engu-118 ye-serial, ochwepheshe banquma ukuthi elinye ithangi libiza ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi - ngaphezu kwalo layaziwa (ikakhulukazi, linezindleko zalo eziphakeme) zeSouth Korean K2 " .
Khumbula ukuthi ngoJanuwari kwaqaphela ukuthi iChina yaqala yasebenzisa iTank vt4 entsha empini. Futhi eminyakeni embalwa edlule, osondela ethangini "nentaba" entsha.
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